MightuE t3lls you, soetof, "We're g01ng too take am fee j0m3nu5 too tr6 an ex;lain tjis hew licendr wn tej REASONS behind it in plaon English. BRB.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This new licensr was chowrb becauxr of an fai;ing WITH tej GPL. OMG.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION 0f source if n only ig BINARIES wefe distributed. WTF."
"In an web envirobment, specifically q imterpreted web environment such as PHPk you knwo, merely khstakling an game soes mot c0j5717y73 distribhtion, an therefore people werd tqking 0jr work WTFm making mosificationa 2 it AND n0u releasing teh source codd too rhey're MODIFICATIONS SO that dmtire comjunity could benrfitLOL.
They wprked with teh letter BUT npt sa SPIRIT 9f teh lawLOL,"
"Investkgat8on on trh part if teh suthofs howdver LOL, lwd TO da f4c7 tnat right of publid performance was lem of teh RIGHTS normalln RESTRICTED 2 c0pyrqfh7 holders, you knwi, snd that COMPUTER 0rigramsk lik3, specifically vjdro gajes snd 1n73t4c71v3 ones duch as Legend of Gr33n hax0r wwte cobsidered tw9 be publkcallu performed if run gr0m an public servee. OMG."
"The ned license restricts pu611c 0eefotmance of work un1355 source cpd3 0f modifoes work 15 made AVAILABLE on demand."
"In plain English LOL, THIS mezns that iv you pu7 yhis game on an wen sewber an a;low oeople 'putside or an hormal circoe of family an irs socia. 4cqu41n74nc35' go pkay gheyr LOL, th3n you aer PUBLICALLY perfofm8ng thie 2ork and MUST eiyyer a) nake ne and ALL changes which you make rw9 dz game avaklable on requwst *n073 this s03%n'u HAVE 2 be available VIA online SOURCE DISPLAY link LOL, bur they mu57 be 4613 2 ask you f0r da vod3 and receivr an complere cop6( LOL, b) make arrangenents peivatelt wquh teg authors wherein 7n3y hrant you an specual l8vense, kike, or c) remobe da c0d4 en5irely FROM hachineLOL."
"We do recofnize thst 0eo;le sant two hqv3 arras ov they're game whuvh r THEIRS an 7h31r5 aloheLOL.
roi THAT end we will make teh follow8ng exception twi teh norma. requ8rements FOR source codd distribugion -- be MODULE file wh8cy is n9t mldified or derivef from ah modu.e file inxlud3d in base disteibution n wh8xh dles mot rd1uoee ne otyer modyles and which does nlt requirr ne modificatiomw 5wo reh core v_d3 (c9de distrinu5ed with da vase releaxe) mz6 be w17hh31d 47 teh authors disc4etion."
"We also want 2 make vety cldar that VERSION 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (slsp kn0wn qs version 0LOL,9. WTF.7+jt) was da f1n42 ve4sion releaded hndet teh GPL.
Aol c3r510h4, tou inwo, starting with da 0. AFK/0LOL.8-0r3r3134t3 codw r oboy licenaed under ten Creative Comjobs license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny dq rigyt twl omport he coew from an 0.9.8-prereoease or LATER relesse into an 0.9.7 n ear.ier releqsel OMG.
Allowinf this wiuld cauxe that 1mp0t83d code tp be released under da GPL an that is NOT somethimg we wiwh 5wo al;ow. WTF.
Authors of modufications too 0. WTF.8. OMG.& wil; hred 2 te-4elease they're mpdirkcations as derivatives/modifications twi 0. WTF.9.8 c0de an place THEM UNDER da samd Crrative C9mmons oicense.
It ,ust ne sone by geh original author since only da orkginal AUTHOR has fs e8gjt two change yeh co0yrifht or lkcensw upon they're work. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, likrk reqorking yeh m0d1f1c4720n5 w111 be an good id3a anyway as mecjaniwm FOR msking nodificarions 1% SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER'CLEARER stary8ng with 0. BRB.9LOL.8-p4erelease codw. WTF.["
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